The physics of aerobreakup. IV. Strain-thickening liquids
Abstract
We extend our previous work on aerobreakup of Newtonian and viscoelastic-liquid drops to liquids of dense nanoparticle suspensions with strain-thickening rheology. As in the previous work, the scope includes the full range of aerodynamics, from near-incompressible to supersonic flows, covering all regimes of aerobreakup and employing laser-induced-fluorescence visualizations with μs/μm resolutions. The key physics of Rayleigh-Taylor piercing (1st criticality), Shear-Induced Entrainment (SIE, 2nd criticality), and Kelvin-Helmholtz SIE (3rd criticality) are verified and quantified on the same scaling/theoretical approach as in our previous work but with modifications that account for the rheology of these liquids.
- Publication:
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Physics of Fluids
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.4997009
- Bibcode:
- 2017PhFl...29l2101M